The playwright's parody of Victorian melodrama exaggerated every dramatic gesture to expose the genre's artificiality.
这位剧作家对维多利亚时代情节剧的戏仿夸大了每一个戏剧性姿态，以揭露该体裁的做作之处。
Which choice best defines “parody”?
C — A comic imitation.. “parody” means A comic imitation..
Which word means “A comic imitation.”?
C — parody. “parody” means A comic imitation..
parody — A comic imitation.. In Chinese: 戏仿；滑稽模仿.
parody is pronounced //ˈpærədi//.
The playwright's parody of Victorian melodrama exaggerated every dramatic gesture to expose the genre's artificiality. (这位剧作家对维多利亚时代情节剧的戏仿夸大了每一个戏剧性姿态，以揭露该体裁的做作之处。)
satire, spoof, caricature — all close in meaning to parody (A comic imitation.).
tribute, original — each the opposite of parody (A comic imitation.).
Yes. parody is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
para(旁) + ody(歌) → 拿来打趣的仿作。